Fall Arts List

323 East Gallery and Boutique 323 E. Fourth St., Royal Oak, 866-756-6538 Through 10/5 - Urban Roots. A group exhibition where artists interpret Detroit's urban farming movement in the present and what this landscape may look like in the future. Inspired by the film Urban Roots. 10/8 - Denial. Street artist from Windsor. December - Dan Armand and Dennis Jacobs.

Art & Ideas Contemporary Art Gallery & Studio 15095 Northville Rd., Plymouth, 734-420-0775 Through 10/15 - Works in Progress. Displays how a concept for a series of artwork is developed by the artist. Artist-in-residence Shaqe Kalaj will exhibit not only several artworks in various stages of completion, but also all the supporting research material and background visual references used to develop the series concepts. 10/27-12/22 - Downtown FOOT Art.

Art Effect Gallery 1420 E. Fisher Fwy., Detroit, 810-522-7515 Through 10/1 - In Black and White. An all media group show that explores the black and white aesthetic. 10/7 - We Are Here. More than 40 original works of art created by nationally and internationally known Detroit artists spanning multiple mediums and artistic movements. 11/5-12/17 - Holiday Boutique.

Art Gallery of Windsor 401 Riverside Dr. West, Windsor, 519-977-0013 Through 9/25 - Gender and Membership in 3 Canadian Art Groups. Through 10/9 - Annie MacDonell: The Abyss and the Horizon. 9/21-12/31 - 2011 AGW Biennial. 10/8-12/31 - Joseph Hubbard: You Don't Know What You Are Seeing (Romancing the Gallery). 10/17-10/22 - Homework: Infrastructures & Collaboration in Social Practices. Broken City Lab presents in collaboration with the AGW this four-day residency, two-day conference and collaboratively-written publication aimed at generating dialogue.See brokencitylab.org. 12/7-12/11, 12/14-12/18 - Please Don't Go. Part of the 2011 AGW Biennial, artist Stephen Mueller inhabits a display case, constructed of two-way mirrored glass; the proportions of the case have been designed specifically to accommodate his body.

Artcite 109 University W., Windsor, 519-977-6564 Through 10/8 - Borders. Works by Jose Luis Torres. 9/24 - Fahrenheit Festival of Fire Sculpture. Features more than 10 fire sculptures made on-site by Canadian artists, a performance by Detroit's Bacchanal Promotions Circus and Fire Juggling Troupe, live music by Lonesome Lefty, kids' activities and more. Located at the LaSalle Vollmer Culture and Recreation Center Pond Park. 10/14-11/12 - By Its Cover. 12/2-12/23 - Doin' the Louvre. Annual Christmas fundraising exhibition and sale.

Bloomfield Galleries 79 W. Long Lake Rd., West Bloomfield, 248-731-7198 Through 9/30 - The Appeal of the Figure. Figurative pieces ranging in style from realism to cubism will be prominently displayed with hundreds of additional pieces and subjects also available to view.

Cass Cafe 4620 Cass Ave., Detroit, 313-831-1400 Through 10/29 - 6 Degrees. An exhibit of paintings by Detroit-based artist Craig Paul Nowak. The show features a range of works in a variety of media, and features large-scale portraits drawn from the artists' circle of family and colleagues.

Copper Colored Mountain Arts 7101 W. Liberty, Ann Arbor, 734-904-6520 Through 9/23 - Living Art: Living Process. An exhibition that explores the link created by art between ongoing or living processes and the illusion of the static art object.

Cranbrook Art Museum 39221 N. Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills, 877-462-7262 11/11-3/25 - No Object is an Island: New Dialogues with the Cranbrook Collection. First exhibition in the newly remodeled and expanded museum explores Cranbrook's influence in the world of contemporary art and design.

Detroit Artists Market 4719 Woodward Ave., Detroit, 313-832-8540 Through 10/15 - Personal Visions. Showcases the work of eight artists who were selected by the DAM Exhibition Committee from the exhibiting artists of the 2010 All Media Exhibit. Artists: Micki Buksar Cecil, Brandon Burke, Dennis Guastella, Darien Johnson, Steven McShane, Jonathan Meyer, Vanessa Van Eeghen and Geralyn Vankerschaever. 11/11-12/23 - Art for the Holidays. Works by more than 150 local artists.1/13-2/18 - DAM Design Show. The entire creative process is explored - from concept to design to creation - resulting in an artistic and functional piece. 3/2-4/7 - Annual Scholarship Awards and Exhibition. This year students will be selected from the College for Creative Studies. 4/20-5/26 - Biannual All Media Exhibition.

Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography 1600 Clay St., Detroit 9/23 - Open Show Detroit. Free monthly social screenings give up to five curated presenters (from professionals to students) 15 minutes each to show either a 20 image story or a 4-7 minute multimedia/film project while the audience poses questions or provides project feedback.

Detroit Institute of Arts 5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit, 313-833-7900 Through 9/25 - It's a Zoo in Here! Prints and Drawings of Animals. Through 3/18 - Gift of a Lifetime: The James Pearson Duffy Collection. 10/16-4/8 - Detroit Revealed: Photographs 2000-2010. 11/20-2/12 - Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus. 12/21-6/24 - Once Upon a Time: Prints and Drawings that Tell Stories.

Downriver Council for the Arts Gallery 81 Chestnut, Wyandotte, 734-720-0671 10/8 - Glow in the Dark. Works created in blacklight sensitive media.

Downtown Detroit 9/30-10/8 - Art Detroit Now: Detroit Gallery Week. Openings, exhibits and special events at galleries through Detroit and the metro area, including the Midtown Gallery Crawl on Sept. 30 which kicks off with an art parade marching down Woodward. Visit artdetroitnow.com for details.

Downtown Hamtramck 10/15 - Hamtramck Neighborhood Arts Festival. An afternoon of open galleries and studios in and around Hamtramck.

Ford Gallery - Eastern Michigan University 114 Ford Hall, Ypsilanti, 734-487-1849 Through 10/5 - Emergence 2011. 10/12-11/9 - I Know What You Did Last Summer. A highlight show of artwork created over the spring and summer semesters at EMU from special topics classes in the art department. 11/14-11/18 - Art Video Showcase.

Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) 4454 Woodward Ave., Detroit, 313-832-6622 9/16-12/30 - Stephanie Nava: Considering a Plot (Dig for Victory). A work in progress, developed by French artist StÈphanie Nava. Its installation at MOCAD marks the artistís first solo exhibition in the United States. The installation is based on the specifications and history of English allotments, or subsistence gardens. 9/16-12/30 - Barely There Part II. Features work that focuses on the body as a generator of knowledge, memory and as an instigator of social, political and spiritual change and as capable of leaving invisible traces to mark space.

Public Pool 3309 Caniff, Hamtramck, 313-405-POOL 9/17-10/22 - Hygenic Dress League. An ongoing public art project by husband and wife duo Steve and Dorota Coy that uses an officially registered corporation as a new and original form of art. The HDL uses traditional and non-traditional modes of advertising such as street art, Internet, video sharing websites, word of mouth, magazines and newspapers to promote its "company."

Sisson Gallery - Henry Ford Community College 5101 Evergreen Rd., Dearborn, 313-845-6485 Through 9/22 - Alma College 30th Annual Statewide Print Competition. 10/3-11/23 - Gumption and Gunpowder. Featuring the work of contemporary artist Dave Wisniewski of Toledo, Ohio. His expressive paintings demonstrate a history of the American Old West as it has rarely been seen before. 12/6-12/9 - Fall Graduating Art & Design Students Exhibition.

Starkweather Art and Cultural Center 219 N. Main, Romeo, 586-752-5700 Through 10/1 - 2 Men and Their Art. Works by Ken Taylor and Don Wieland.

University of Michigan Museum of Art 525 S. State St., Ann Arbor, 734-764-0395 Through 9/18 - UMMA Projects: Amalia Pica. Through 10/23 - Multiple Impressions: Contemporary Chinese Woodblock Prints. Through 12/31 - Mike Kelley: Day Is Done. UMMA inaugurates its New Media Gallery this fall with Mike Kelley's Day Is Done, which continues the artist's career-long investigation into the relationships between order and transgression, popular and avant-garde culture, while touching on contemporary notions of trauma and repressed memory. 10/8-2/26 - Mark di Suvero: Tabletops. A rare display of the renowned American sculptor's smaller scale pieces from the 1950s to the present. 11/12-2/5 - Face of Our Time. More than 100 works by photographers Jacob Aue Sobol, Jim Goldberg, Zanele Muholi, Daniel Schwartz and Richard Misrach.

Work Detroit 3663 Woodward Ave., Detroit, 313-593-0940 Through 10/7 - Topophilia. 10/21-11/18 - City of Pieces: Street Interventions. Twenty-five years ago, Tyree Guyton responded to the decay of his eastside childhood neighborhood by transforming what had been considered garbage into a two-block long environmental artscape. Guyton has inspired other visionaries to be urban bricoleurs ñ remaking the city from the pieces left behind. The work exhibited in this sharing exists outside traditional art venues, including murals, assemblages, constructions, graffiti, conceptual and performance art that are reflective of life in Detroit. 12/2-12/29 - Beyond Comprehensive: Perspective on Pain.

Bonstelle Theatre 3424 Woodward, Detroit, 313-577-2960 10/14-10/23 - Noises Off. 12/2-12/11 - Twelfth Night. 2/10-2/19 - In the Red and Brown Water. his fusion of contemporary African-American culture and elements from Yoruba mythology is an inspiring story about how our choices make us who we are. 4/13-4/22 - Hairspray.

Detroit House 1526 Broadway, Detroit, 313-961-3500 10/15-10/23 - Carmina Burana & the Medium. 11/12-11/20 - The Marriage of Figaro. 12/7-12/31 - Wicked. 1/17-1/22 - American Idiot. Based on Green Dayπs rock opera of the same name, this new musical tells the story of three lifelong friends forced to choose between their dreams and the safety of suburbia. 4/14-4/22 - The Pearl Fishers. 5/12-5/20 - I Pagliacci.

Hill Auditorium 825 N. University, Ann Arbor, 734-764-2538 10/1 - The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer. John Malkovich portrays a dead serial killer who returns to the stage to present his story in a public reading. Featuring the Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra.

Matrix Theatre Company 2730 Bagley St., Detroit, 313-967-0999 10/14-11/13 - Southwest Story. A Southwest Detroit rendition of Romeo and Juliet. 10/28-10/31 - Haunted Theatre. 12/2-12/18 - Puppet Scrooge. 2/10-2/19 - Home Water Workshop. A special reading of a collaboratively written play based on a collection of stories about Detroit and water. 3/2-3/11 - Matrix Teen Company. 3/22 - World Water Day. A showcase of Matrix School of Theatreís winter semester. 4/28-5/20 - Raven's Seed. 5/12 - Waterfest. Annual outdoor picnic with games and performances to celebrate the rivers of Detroit.

Performance Network 120 E. Huron St., Ann Arbor, 734-663-0681 9/22-10/23 - Time Stands Still 11/10-1/1 - Ain't Misbehavin'. 1/12-2/19 - God of Carnage. In this 2009 Tony-winner for Best Play, two couples meet to discuss a playground altercation between their young children. Hostility rumbles just under the surface, as their civilized battle of wits and words devolves into a hilariously chaotic evening. 3/8-4/8 - Dead Man's Shoes. 4/19-5/27 - Red. 6/14-7/15 - In the Next Room or, The Vibrator Play.

Ringwald Theatre 22742 Woodward Ave., Ferndale, 248-545-5545 9/16-9/26 - Southern Baptist Sissies 10/14-11/7 - Hedwig and the Angry Inch. 11/25-12/19 - Silent Night of the Lambs. A twisted take on two classic tales: One part thriller (The Silence of the Lambs) and one part holiday TV special (Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer). 12/21-12/23 - The SantaLand Diaries and Season's Greetings 1/14-1/30 - Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches. 2/17-3/12 - Liz-A-Palooza! In honor of Elizabeth Taylor's birth month, Who Wants Cake? presents two works running in repertory: Elizabeth the Beautiful, which tells the story of the famous actress, and Suddenly Last Summer, the film version of which starred Taylor. 3/30-4/22 - Speed-the-Plow. 5/11-6/4 - The Divine Sister. This outrageous comedy pays homage to nearly every Hollywood film involving nuns.

University of Michigan - Flint 303 E. Kearsley Street, Flint, 810-762-3300 9/22-9/25 - Animals out of Paper. 10/28-11/13 - The Women of Lockerbie. 11/4-11/20 - Our Lady of 121st Street. 3/23-4/1 - Little Women, the Musical. Based on Louisa May Alcott's classic novel, this family-friendly musical follows the adventures of the beloved March sisters as they grow up in Civil War America.

Baldwin Public Library 300 W. Merrill, Birmingham, 248-647-1700 10/18 - Danielle McGuire. The author of At the Dark End of the Street, a groundbreaking new history of the civil rights movement highlighting sexual violence in the broader context of racial injustice and the fight for freedom. 10/2 - Jaimy Gordon. National Book Award winner will be speaking and signing copies of her books.

Copper Colored Mountain Arts 7101 W. Liberty, Ann Arbor, 734-904-7487 9/23 - An Evening with Pulitzer Prize Winner Franz Wright. One Pause, a new Poetry Series at Copper Colored Mountain Arts, welcomes Pulitzer Prize Winner, Franz Wright for a reading, book-signing and reception. His most recent works include Wheeling Motel and Earlier Poems. Walking to Martha's Vineyard was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2004. At this event, Wright will be reading from his newest work, Kindertotenwald, a collection of prose poems. 10/7-10/8 - One Pause Poetry: Second Annual Fall Conference. Featuring nationally recognized poets Jericho Brown, A. Van Jordan and Aaron McCollough to its Fall Conference. The conference will include a free public reading, a workshop, writing in response to art, a master class on poetry as an act of devotion and conversations with poets, where the guests will discuss their poetic process.

Gem Theatre 333 Madison Ave., Detroit, 313-963-9800 9/19 - Moth GrandSLAM. This season's winners come together to battle it out for Moth supremacy in Detroit. Theme: Point of no return.

Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) 4454 Woodward Ave., Detroit, 313-832-6622 10/21 - Rob Halpern. Halpern is the author of two books of poems, Rumored Place, which was nominated for a California Book Award, and Disaster Suites, as well as several chapbooks. With local author Peter Markus. 11/11 - Kenneth Helphand: Defiant Gardens. Helphand will give a talk accompanied by a slideshow presenting topics and ideas explored in his work Defiant Gardens. 12/15 - Mel Nichols and Tyrone Williams.

The Display Group 1700 West Fort St., Detroit, 313-833-1560 9/22 - A Celebration of Books. Wayne State University Press annual fundraiser, presenting new fall titles, more than 100 other new and favorite books, and dozens of distinguished local authors. VIP reception: Includes a copy of Detroitland and a commemorative Detroitland glass, valet parking, strolling supper catered by Slow's Bar BQ, 50 percent off all books until 6:30 p.m. General admission: Includes valet parking and Slow's Bar BQ.

University of Michigan Museum of Art 525 S. State St., Ann Arbor, 734-764-0395 9/15 - Derek Mong and Jesmyn Ward. 9/29 - Tony Hoagland. 10/3, 10/5 - Jennifer Egan. The author of The Invisible Circus; Look at Me, a finalist for the National Book Award in fiction in 2001; Emerald City and Other Stories; and The Keep, which was a national bestseller. 10/6 - Stacey D'Erasmo. 10/20 - Connie Voisine.10/21 - Mark Webster Reading Series. One MFA student of fiction and one of poetry, each introduced by a peer, will read their work. 10/31 - Anne Stevenson.